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Greetings The Book Barn! I am a very big fan of reading books and of writing short creative pieces. I really discovered the Gollancz Sci-Fi masterworks series in my library and checked out the full list of books they've released. It turns out it's quite a damned huge amount. For those who are unsure what I am talking about the following link leads directly to the publisher of these books: http://www.gollancz.co.uk/2015/02/the-sf-masterworks-2/ All those books and the vast majority have slipped me by. Well! I thought I would change this as soon as I could. I'm a big fan of the sorts of threads where someone takes a series or set of films or games or whatever and works through them while giving out their thoughts. So join me as I read the whole of the SF Masterworks collection! The collection I shall be battling through is below. I will cross them out as I read them. If I get really into a book then I am able to read very fast and will be able to give an opinion sooner. I will not give up on any book and I will post updates on where I am and how its going if it is particularly tough. It may take some time, but I hope you bear with me as I attempt to rectify my lack of experience in this field. I aim to read through the list in the order Gollancz have numbered them. Those I have already read will be underlined but what the heck, I will read them again! 001) Earth Abides - George R. Stewart - STARTED JULY 17TH 2015 002) The Demolished Man - Alfred Bester 003) The Dispossessed - Ursula K. Le Guin 004) The Sirens of Titan - Kurt Vonnegut 005) Behold the Man - Michael Moorcock 006) Man Plus - Frederik Pohl 007) Non-Stop - Brian Aldiss 008) Bring the Jubilee - Ward Moore 009) The Lathe of Heaven - Ursula K. Le Guin 010) The Complete Roderick - John Sladek 011) The Dancers at the End of Time - Michael Moorcock 012) The Space Merchants - Frederik Pohl, C. M. Kornbluth 013) Ringworld - Larry Niven 014) The Child Garden - Geoff Ryman 015) Mockingbird - Walter Tevis 016) Dune - Frank Herbert 017) The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - Robert A. Heinlein 018) The Stars My Destination - Alfred Bester 019) The Rediscovery of Man - Cordwainer Smith 020) Gateway - Frederik Pohl 021) The Fifth Head of Cerberus - Gene Wolfe 022) Cities In Flight - James Blish 023) The Forever War - Joe Haldeman 024) Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? - Philip K. Dick 025) I Am Legend - Richard Matheson 026) Lord Of Light - Roger Zelazny 027) Babel-17 - Samuel R. Delany 028) Ubik - Philip K. Dick 029) The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch - Philip K. Dick 030) Inverted World - Christopher Priest 031) Time Out Of Joint - Philip K. Dick 032) The Simulacra - Philip K. Dick 033) Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said - Philip K. Dick 034) Valis - Philip K. Dick 035) Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut 036) Childhood's End - Arthur C. Clarke 037) The Island Of Doctor Moreau - H.G. Wells 038) The Time Machine - H.G. Wells 039) Dhalgren - Samuel R. Delany 040) Helliconia - Brian Aldiss 041) The Food of the Gods - H.G. Wells 042) The Body Snatchers - Jack Finney 043) The Female Man - Joanna Russ 044) Arslan - M.J. Engh 045) The Centauri Device - M. John Harrison 046) Tau Zero - Poul Anderson 047) The Difference Engine - Bruce Sterling,William Gibson 048) The Prestige - Christopher Priest 049) Greybeard - Brian Aldiss 050) Martian Time-Slip - Philip K. Dick 051) Sirius - Olaf Stapledon 052) Hyperion - Dan Simmons 053) The City And The Stars - Arthur C. Clarke 054) City - Clifford D. Simak 055) Hellstrom's Hive - Frank Herbert 056) Of Men and Monsters - William Tenn 057) Timescape - Gregory Benford 058) Pavane - Keith Roberts 059) Dying Inside - Robert Silverberg 060) Grass - Sheri S. Tepper 061) More Than Human - Theodore Sturgeon 062) The Affirmation - Christopher Priest 063) RUR & War with the Newts - Karel Capek 064) Emphyrio - Jack Vance 065) Star Maker - Olaf Stapledon 066) The Book Of Skulls - Robert Silverberg 067) Floating Worlds - Cecelia Holland 068) Blood Music - Greg Bear 069) Rogue Moon - Algis Budrys 070) Dangerous Visions - Harlan Ellison 071) Rendezvous With Rama - Arthur C. Clarke 072) Eon - Greg Bear 073) Odd John - Olaf Stapledon 074) The Fountains Of Paradise - Arthur C. Clarke 075) Last And First Men - Olaf Stapledon 076) The Fall of Hyperion - Dan Simmons 077) The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy - Douglas Adams 078) Where Late The Sweet Birds Sang - Kate Wilhelm 079) Roadside Picnic - Arkady Strugatsky,Boris Strugatsky 080) The War of the Worlds - H.G. Wells 081) Synners - Pat Cadigan 082) Sarah Canary - Karen Joy Fowler 083) Ammonite - Nicola Griffith 084) The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe - D.G. Compton 085) Frankenstein - Mary Shelley 086) Doomsday Book - Connie Willis 087) Riddley Walker - Russell Hoban 088) Flowers For Algernon - Daniel Keyes 089) The Caltraps of Time - David I. Masson 090) Unquenchable Fire - Rachel Pollack 091) Take Back Plenty - Colin Greenland 092) Engine Summer - John Crowley 093) Slow River - Nicola Griffith 094) The Sea and Summer - George Turner 095) The Gate to Women's Country - Sheri S. Tepper 096) The Invisible Man - H.G. Wells 097) A Canticle For Leibowitz - Walter M. Miller, Jr 098) To Say Nothing of the Dog - Connie Willis 099) Wasp - Eric Frank Russell 100) The Gods Themselves - Isaac Asimov 101) This Is the Way the World Ends - James Morrow 102) The First Men In The Moon - H.G. Wells 103) The Deep - John Crowley 104) Time is the Fire - Connie Willis 105) No Enemy But Time - Michael Bishop 106) Revelation Space - Alastair Reynolds 107) Double Star - Robert A. Heinlein 108) A Fall of Moondust - Arthur C. Clarke 109) A Maze of Death - Philip K. Dick 110) The Penultimate Truth - Philip K. Dick 111) Random Acts of Senseless Violence - Jack Womack 112) Transfigurations - Michael Bishop 113) The Restaurant at the End of the Universe - Douglas Adams 114) The Door into Summer - Robert A. Heinlein 115) Life, The Universe And Everything - Douglas Adams 116) Dr Bloodmoney - Philip K. Dick 117) Half Past Human - T. J. Bass 118) The Long Tomorrow - Leigh Brackett 119) The Godwhale - T. J. Bass 120) Jem - Frederik Pohl 121) The Shrinking Man - Richard Matheson 122) A Case Of Conscience - James Blish 123) Her Smoke Rose Up Forever - James Tiptree Jr. 124) A Scanner Darkly - Philip K. Dick 125) Stand On Zanzibar - John Brunner 126) Mission Of Gravity - Hal Clement 127) The Word for World is Forest - Ursula K. Le Guin 128) Hard to be a God - Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky 129) Downward to the Earth - Robert Silverberg 130) Night Lamp - Jack Vance 131) Life During Wartime - Lucius Shepard 132) Dark Benediction - Walter M. Miller, Jr 133) The Wind's Twelve Quarters - Ursula K. Le Guin 134) Dying of the Light - George R. R. Martin 135) Nova - Samuel R. Delany 136) The Man Who Fell to Earth - Walter Tevis 137) The Day of the Triffids - John Wyndham As you can see, I have a lot of work cut out for me. I hope at the end of this I will be much richer in appreciating Science Fiction. I'm sure there will be other books by authors I come across that you guys can recommend once I've finished their entry(s) and if anyone would like to join me feel free! I've seen a few blurbs for later books and the Connie Willis books, as well as A Door into Summer by Robert Heinlein are some I am excited to reach! Wish me luck, The Book Barn! Tonight I begin my copy of Earth Abides by George Stewart
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# ¿ Jul 17, 2015 10:28 |
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Thank you for weighing in! I did not realise their list wasn't the same as release. I think rather than hunt down a numbered list I'll keep with the one below. As an intro book, I am a quarter of the way through Earth Abides and finding it a very easy read. Its also amazing to me that so many of the great sci-fi books with tropes and things I've come to expect from sci-fi seem to have been written so early in the 1900s. I wish I'd had the vision of these authors. On another note just in case forum users are scratching their heads, I know there are probably a number of important sci-fi books missing from the list as well. (I can think of a few I'd list as masterworks of Sci-Fi) but then my goal is simply to read all of a series rather than read all the best Sci-Fi. I'm feeling very positive about this purely based on how much I'm already enjoying Earth Abides. This thread is kind of a push to keep me on track and it is working.
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